FINALLLLYYYY!!!! Rogers is rolling out LTE Max in Manitoba on June 17th!

WOOHOO!!!! Ok, I realize I'm a going just a little over the top on this announcement, but you need to understand... I'm a Rogers customer... who lives in Manitoba. I've been waiting for LTE to hit here for what feels like FOREVER.

I swear, I think we're one of the last places in Canada that Rogers is rolling LTE out to. But now it's coming. Finally. Here's the word I just received from Rogers:

Today, we’re very excited to announce we’re bringing LTE Max to Manitoba through a province-wide network sharing agreement with MTS.

Starting June 17th, we will roll out our premium LTE network that enables theoretical network speeds of up to 150 Mbps to customers in Winnipeg, Brandon, Victoria Beach, Grand Beach, Selkirk, Steinbach and Ste. Anne.

With this agreement, we’re bringing Rogers LTE’s incredibly fast wireless experience to even more customers across Canada. As we expand to 44 markets this spring, and 95 in total by the end of 2013, we’re bringing Canadians the fastest wireless internet experience from coast to coast, from Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, to British Colombia.

Our customers also benefit from the largest selection of LTE devices in Canada, like the Samsung Galaxy S4, the HTC One or the BlackBerry Q10 and Z10.

We thank our Manitoba customers for their patience and are very happy to finally have LTE available for them.

Spread the word fellow Rogers-using Manitobans. Come Monday you can get your blazing fast LTE speeds on. Side note - you may want to order some spare batteries from CrackBerry Canada this week... with LTE speeds you're going to find yourself browsing more, downloading and streaming more, which also means chewing through batteries quicker.

Kris, if they are partnering with MTS on this one again, I know they say their LTE Max network, but how if they are partnering with MTS does this work, if MTS LTE network currently only does the up to 75mbps?

Well, if the band they use for LTE max is 2600, the European Z10 (STL100-2) should work on this network. However, this model does not have the 1900 HSPA+ band, so you better hope Rogers is using the UMTS 850 band for HSPA+ in Manitoba.

Hold on a second here!
So because Manitoba didn't have LTE when the Q-10 came out, and Rogers was only offering the SQN-1 in Manitoba which works with the LTE 2100, I won't be able to use the LTE Max because it will be on the 2600 which only the SQN-3 works with?
Is this what's going to happen? Because if so, I am going to be furious with Rogers! The Q10 just came out over a month ago, and I won't even be able to get LTE! This is not cool.

Good stuff. Now, if Rogers would do something about the service in SK along #1 that would be great. Crappy 2G service and dropped calls are the norm for me. Rogers customer service says I'm driving too gas for the towers to hand over calls. As I'm limited to 100 kph I asked the to take some of the $80/month I spend with them and upgrade the computer from Windows ME.

Mts has done nothing but throw a wrench in the works. Mts not available outside mb and Mts does not want to have roaming agreements in place with the big three. This leaves anyone outside of mb in a predicament when they visit there. I had to switch to rogers just to get coverage when I visit there from ab. Telus literally works to the perimeter for data and that's it. My family is 20 minutes outside of wpg and no data options unless you go Mts or rogers.

I'm with Telus in Winnipeg and they have been slowly expanding their hspa service throughout the province, all along Hwy to Brandon you get service and up towards grand beach is all serviced in only wish they would start sooner with heading east towards Ontario, they say it's "planned" but no time line.

Blackjack-21, Hello??? I am not even a geek but LTE is the same as 4G. So you have LTE in Victoria because you have 4G. It is confusing and even some who work and write tech articles never explain it properly to the common reader. See, now you are faster than a speeding turtle. LOL. Google me like this "MARK SMYTH PROPANE" and read the 25 to 40 articles that will pop up on the use of propane in cars and trucks. Avoid the City of Vancouver gasoline tax of 25 cents extra over and above the provincial and federal gasoline taxes. Propane has 105 octane and is selling for half the price of gasoline in major cities across Canada and the USA.

Ugh. I was really hoping to hear Rogers was going to offer their own LTE service. If they're piggybacking off MTS I guess we can expect it to be just as spotty. I've played with MTS's LTE service and I'm not overly impressed. Coverage sucks...dead spots everywhere - especially when indoors.

No Bryan, you misunderstand. LTE Max is a faster version of lte and backwards compatible, so even if your device doesn't have a radio capable of the 150 mb speeds, it will still work on the slower channel. Our Z10s are compatible, no worries.

I accidentally pressed post before finishing what I was typing. Telus always Switches from 3G to LTE in Montréal . I hear bad things about Rogers customer service though that's why I wouldn't switch. I get my way with Telus I've been with them for 10 years

Like Bell & Videotron..., Rogers train their Reps to manipulate plans & rates with an astonishing ability. Especially when one migrates. First bill in: it comes of course with surprise fees. Finally you get them to escalate your call. They then manage to trick you into feeling even.
The Big 5 train employees to lie. Why can't the industry, offer fare, reasonable, plans & rates? Thus fostering a proud workforce and satisfied users!

I have been coming here for few years now, and I can't recall the last time Kevin as been so quiet, I'm wondering what is being done right now. Not even a small comments on the new IOS which usually he is quick to bring his taught like taking a picture having a dump on the Ipad haha. Anyways my in law are leaving in Winnipeg so good news for them.

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